Grigori Perelman was the first to offer a proof to one of the problems and was officially awarded the Millennium Prize, as well as the Fields Medal. However, Perelman refused both awards and the associated prize money â to the surprise of many â as he believed that the prize was unfair.
1,722. Checks are usually considered stale-dated after 6 months from the date on the check, unless there is text on there that says something like Must be cashed within 90 days of issue. You can try taking it to your bank; they may cash it or they may tell you to get the check reissued.echo Signature here; 0.continuing my own thought) This is because a check is essentially my promise to reimburse you for $10. Further, I would prefer everyone would hold my checks for ten years. In the interim, inflation will make it worth less for the recipient than when I wrote the check, and will have earned interest for me to boot.
Discovering an unredeemed check might seem like found money until you consider its expiration date. While some U.S. checks state how long you have to cash them on the check itself, others typically expire in a set number of days after being written. Not only does this encourage responsibility on the part of the check's recipient, it protects the issuer from overdrafts due to lack of funds if a recipient fails to redeem the check before it expires.